Privacy Policy
Veila is a search engine built around the idea that browsing should be private. We hold to that ourselves.
Last updated July 25, 2026
This policy explains what Veila does — and, more importantly, doesn't — collect when you use the site. It's written to be read, not to shield us; if something here is unclear, assume the more privacy-protective reading is the one we intend.
What we don't collect
Veila does not require an account, and there is nothing to sign up for. We do not build profiles of visitors, and we do not sell, rent, or share data with advertisers or data brokers — we have none to sell.
- No accounts, no passwords, no email addresses.
- No advertising or third-party tracking scripts.
- No cookies used to identify or follow you across visits.
- No persistent record tying a search query to an individual person.
Your searches
Search queries are processed to return results and are not stored against your identity. We may keep aggregate, non-identifying counts (for example, how many searches ran in a day) to keep the service healthy, but these cannot be traced back to you.
Server logs
Like any web service, our infrastructure may briefly record technical request data (such as timestamps and response codes) for security, abuse prevention, and debugging. These logs are retained only as long as operationally necessary and are not used to profile visitors. Requests arriving over the onion service do not carry a source IP address for us to log.
What Veila indexes
Veila crawls and describes publicly reachable onion services. The index is about those sites, not about the people who search for them. Indexed metadata (titles, descriptions, categories) is derived from the sites themselves — see the About page for how the index is built, and Safety for how we handle harmful content.
External links
Search results link to third-party onion services that Veila neither operates nor controls. Once you follow a result, this policy no longer applies — those sites set their own terms and have their own (or no) privacy practices.
Changes to this policy
If we change what we collect, we'll update this page and the "last updated" date above. Material changes will be reflected here rather than communicated individually, since we have no contact details for visitors.
Veila is provided for research and educational purposes only. It discovers and describes onion services; it does not host, endorse, or facilitate access to any illegal content. You are responsible for complying with the laws of your jurisdiction.